agents

Class SlowUIAgent

java.lang.Object

negotiator.Agent

agents.SlowUIAgent

public class SlowUIAgent
extends Agent

Author:

W.Pasman, modified version of Dmytro's UIAgent

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class negotiator.Agent

fNegotiation, parametervalues, sessionNr, sessionsTotal, startTime, strategyParameters, timeline, totalTime, utilitySpace

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SlowUIAgent()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Action	chooseAction() this function is called after ReceiveMessage, with an Offer-action.
void	cleanUp()
static java.lang.String	getVersion() Creates a new instance of UIAgent
void	init(int sessionNumber, int sessionTotalNumber, java.util.Date startT, java.lang.Integer totalTimeP, UtilitySpace us) One agent will be kept alive over multiple sessions.
boolean	isUIAgent() Determine if this agent is communicating with the user about nego steps.
void	ReceiveMessage(Action opponentAction) informs you which action the opponent did

Methods inherited from class negotiator.Agent

endSession, getAgentID, getName, getParameterValues, getSessionNumber, getSessionsTotal, getStrategyParameters, getUtility, init, internalInit, loadSessionData, parseStrategyParameters, restartDataObjectsFolder, saveSessionData, setAgentID, setName, sleep

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SlowUIAgent

public SlowUIAgent()

Method Detail

getVersion

public static java.lang.String getVersion()

Creates a new instance of UIAgent

init

public void init(int sessionNumber,
        int sessionTotalNumber,
        java.util.Date startT,
        java.lang.Integer totalTimeP,
        UtilitySpace us)

One agent will be kept alive over multiple sessions. Init will be called at the start of each nego session.

ReceiveMessage

public void ReceiveMessage(Action opponentAction)

Description copied from class: Agent

informs you which action the opponent did

Overrides:

ReceiveMessage in class Agent

chooseAction

public Action chooseAction()

Description copied from class: Agent

this function is called after ReceiveMessage, with an Offer-action.

Specified by:

chooseAction in class Agent

Returns:

(should return) the bid-action the agent wants to make.

cleanUp

public void cleanUp()

isUIAgent

public boolean isUIAgent()

Description copied from class: Agent

Determine if this agent is communicating with the user about nego steps.

Overrides:

isUIAgent in class Agent

Returns:

true if a human user is directly communicating with the agent in order to steer the nego. This flag is used to determine the timeout for the negotiation (larger with human users).